Staying away this afternoon because we are in a CONGESTION! I failed to pull the trigger on another trade today - buy the pull back to 94....
out of last short. sell 99.5 - covered 95
1200 DOW defended for now and the selling seems to have exhausted itself. if it doesn't pick up soon, will close the remaining short.
normally I would have closed my full position there, but I'm trying to 'let my winners run' strategy. Plus this was only the first wave of...
new low for the day for all, ORL broken. OR today: 1301.25 - 1297.25= 4 points. closed 2 @95 after 100% of OR expansion was reached....
btw, in retrospect my stop was too close, I should have had it at at days' high/PP. short again 3 @99.5 after the second pp rejection after...
I've started the day with not taking the trade from my set up. I wanted to buy @1297 around 9am for a gap fill and test of PP, but failed to pull...
thanks everybody for commenting. as far as trading spy, it's the same as paper trading because very little money involved, my emotional...
thanks, for starters I want to figure out how to identify one. Have you tried the bands?
that's from ES journal ... Tuesday or Thursday has a high probability of reversing and touching green if it sells off.
Notes for February 3d: Reports are at 8:30 and 10 am. Ben speaks at 12:30. Violence in egypt escalates and USD is getting stronger -> market...
Net P&L for today is + $164 Made money on my first trade of the day and lost most of it trading the congestion zone (8 loosing or break-even...
OK, I agree, the change starts with me because the market is not going to change, so what do I need to change? What is your advice? you think...
I think it's my journal so I know what is my goal better. My goal is to learn. I haven't learned anything from Shagi posts. He told me not to...
thanks. :) you've been so helpful!
may be you can help me out, you did volunteer your comments after all. How do you recognize a congested market? or was your only reason for...
If I had a crystal ball and knew this morning that today would be a congestion day I would have gone to the beach. Did you know since morning...
out 2 1302.25, -5 point again. :( back in the congestion range. what a day ... going away from the screen again.
long 4 es @ 1302.75, stop 1301, target YH and then R1 possible. we broke through the high of the last 2 hours finally. and $tick and YM at new...
you are right, my question was sort of rhetorical, or course it doesn't have to. and it looks like it's not going to break today after all....
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